Child abduction

If a child has been taken to a country that is not a party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs will assist in the clarification of the abduction.

An international child abduction usually means cases where a child aged under 16 years with a habitual residence in Finland has been taken abroad without parental consent or the child has not been returned from abroad after the end of the visitation right period.

The authorities of the country where the child has been taken are responsible for handling the child abduction case